Scientists develop fastest computer

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This undated handout photo provided by IBM and the Feature Photo Service shows lead engineer Don Grice of IBM inspecting the worlds fastest computer nicknamed Roadrunner in the companys Poughkeepsie N.Y. plant. Scientists unveiled the worlds fastest  ...
This undated handout photo provided by IBM and the Feature Photo Service shows lead engineer Don Grice of IBM inspecting the world's fastest computer, nicknamed "Roadrunner", in the company's Poughkeepsie, N.Y. plant. Scientists unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer on Monday, June 9, 2008, a $100 million machine that for the first time has performed 1,000 trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise. The technology breakthrough was accomplished by engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the IBM Corp. on a computer to be used primarily on nuclear weapons work, including simulating nuclear explosions. (AP Photo/IBM, Feature Photo Service)
(AP) -- Scientists unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer on Monday, a $100 million machine that for the first time has performed 1,000 trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise.


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